Atilia
# Atilia

Atilia (sometimes spelt Attilia) was the first wife of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis and mother of his two eldest children.

## Biography

### Early life

It is not known for certain who Atilia's father was, but he was from the Atilii Serrani. He may have been Gaius Atilius Serranus the consul of 106 BC, or Gaius' son.

### Marriage

Cato married Atilia c. 73 BC, after his intended wife, Aemilia Lepida married Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica.

In the words of Plutarch:

    [Atilia] was the first woman with whom he made love, but not the only one, as was true of Laelius, the friend of Scipio Africanus; Laelius, indeed, was more fortunate, since in the course of his long life he only ever made love to one woman, the wife of his youth.

Cato and Atilia had a son Marcus Porcius Cato, who later died in the second Battle of Philippi, and a daughter Porcia, who became the wife of her cousin Marcus Junius Brutus.

Circa 63 BC, Cato divorced Atilia on the grounds of her unseemly behaviour, later marrying Marcia. Atilia is not mentioned again.

## Family tree

vteBrutus family tree :

Salonia (2)Cato the ElderLicinia (1)

Marcus Porcius Cato SalonianusMarcus Porcius Cato LicinianusMarcus Livius Drusus

Marcus Porcius Cato (2)LiviaQuintus Servilius Caepio (1)Marcus Livius Drusus

Atilia (1)Cato the YoungerMarcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, adopted son

Marcus Junius Brutus (1)ServiliaDecimus Junius Silanus (2)ServiliaGnaeus Servilius Caepio

Marcus Porcius CatoPorciaMarcus Junius Brutus†Junia PrimaJunia TertiaGaius Cassius Longinus x

Junia SecundaMarcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Descendant of Pompey and Sullason

Manius Aemilius LepidusAemilia Lepida II :

* (1): 1st spouse
* (2): 2nd spouse
* †: assassin of Caesar

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